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Sgian_Dubh
Posts: 446
Registered: 2003-4-7 10:19:52
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Who decided to start calling seats saddles?
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ZigmundZag
Title: Grammar Nazi
Posts: 1,211
Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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Date Posted:
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Sgian_Dubh posted:
Who decided to start calling seats saddles?
A seat is something you sit on. A saddle is something to support some of your weight. That's why performance bikes use saddles, and why they hurt your ass when you're not used to them.
The point of the cushion (chamois) in biking shorts isn't to make the pressure off the saddle, it's so your crotch doesn't look like hamburger after a 100-mile ride. So unless you're planning on doing century rides I wouldn't worry about the shorts.
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Date Posted:
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Banana seat.
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Special-Fred
Title: Sultan of Spank
Posts: 245
Registered: 2003-7-30 16:12:04
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Date Posted:
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Sgian_Dubh posted:
Who decided to start calling seats saddles?
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paulg_68
Posts: 2,469
Registered: 2009-7-27 18:45:54
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cobane posted:
Or should I just get some skin-tight padded bike shorts and look like a poof?
It's not your shorts that make you look like a poof.
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vn_nnanji
Title: Outpost Music Expert
Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2001-6-30 17:22:56
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1/1/00 12:00am
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I remember when these were the new hotness.
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Friarspam
Posts: 638
Registered: 2007-1-23 07:01:27
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vn_nnanji posted:
I remember when these were the new hotness.
I always wanted one of the stick shift 5 speeds when I was a kid. Never got one. The COOLEST bike I think I ever had was a normal single speed that my buddy had put 10 speed curled handle bars on. It was kind of wild.
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cobane
Posts: 473
Registered: 2001-9-6 18:42:56
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Went with the Dual Density. Rode around the block a few times and immediately noticed a huge improvement in comfort. And I was wearing jeans. 
Too bad it's about to start raining.
REI is a cool store.
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Tipztoe
Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
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Date Posted:
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Modeeb
Title: A Ghost In The Machine
Posts: 1,258
Registered: 2002-4-19 10:48:36
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Date Posted:
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I'm with you on this Cobane. I dont need all that frigging hard aerodynamic seat stuff. Besides if you feel your performance is effected just wear one of these. I will wear one of these to my office next week. I wonder if new clients will think me odd. 
That reminds me I have a velodrome close to my house. Has anyone tried a velodrome?
http://www.encinovelodrome.org/
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